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Courts & crime, 1944

7,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Court Challenge to A.w.u. Ballot

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

MISCONDUCT and irregularities, affecting the result of the recent election of the general secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, were alleged today in the Federal Arbitration Court…

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Court Challenge to A.w.u. Ballot

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

MISCONDUCT and irregularities, affecting the result of the recent election of the.general secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, were alleged today in the Federal Arbitration Court…

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Court Challenge to A.w.u. Ballot

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

MISCONDUCT and irregularities, affecting the result of the recent election of the general secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, were alleged today in the Federal Arbitration Court…

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Two Men Shot in Street Assailant Unknown, Police Told

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 6

Two men, who told the police that they had been shot "after an argument" with other men, whom they could not identify,…

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Court Drops Rent by Over 50 Per Cent

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

AFTER Mrs. Emily Sheedy, 95 Wellington Street, Newtown, had told the Newtown Fair Rents Court today that she was paying £2 5s a week for…

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Court Drops Rent by Over 50 Per Cent

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 4

AFTER Mrs. Emily Sheedy, 95 Wellington Street, Newtown, had told the Newtown Fair Rents Court today that she was paying £2 5s a week for…

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Gold Stealing

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 1

WAR has done little to curtail the activities of the gold stealers in WA. Illicit traffic in the magic metal still flourishes…

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Paymaster Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 13

Allan Elsmere Williams. 47, paymaster employed by Consolidated Press, Ltd., was committed for trial by Mr. Hardwick, S.M., in Central…

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Charged Seamen to Be Suspended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 13

The chairman of the Maritime Industry Commission, Mr. Justice De Bann, said yesterday that any seamen s[?]rving in Australian ships who were…

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Naval Court-- Martial court-

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 3

ANNOUNCEMENT that Mr. Justice Maxwell will hold an inquiry into the…

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Murder May Be "Perfect Crime"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--The killing of a girl reporter may be the "perfect crime," although the murderer has confessed…

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"No Redeeming Feature" Gaol Sentence for Garage Owner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 13

Beverley H. Greville, proprietor of Winston Garage, Brougham Street, King's Cross, was sentenced m the Special Court…

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Court-martial of Former Soldier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 7

John Charles Russell. 28, a former pay sergeant, was charged at courtmartials yesterday with having fraudulently converted £10, the property of…

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Surf coup by police swimmers

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1944 · page 4

POLICEMEN filled the first five places in the open surf race at Manly carnival yesterday…

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Police check on beer sales in lounge bars

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 January 1944 · page 5

Police yesterday checked up on sales of beer in saloon and lounge bars of several Sydney hotels. They wanted to know why beer was being served in…

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White Women and Drunken Blacks Sordid Scenes At House Visited By Police

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1944 · page 10

ANOTHER sordid story of the disgusting association of white women with negroes was revealed at Central Court last Wednesday when members of the Vice Squad told of…

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"I Am Innocent," Declares Saint Warden's Owner Nicholson to Fight Court Verdict Heavy Fine For Road Trip By Racehorse

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1944 · page 22

"IT'S not only murder; it's blue murder. I am innocent. I am an innocent man convicted and fined the maximum penalty for something I did only because I was sure I was doing no wrong. I will fight to the last ditch. I will…

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Police Drop Rugby Games

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 12

LONDON.--Owing to the heavy influx of playing members into the Services, Metropolitan Police may be compelled to suspend their…

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German Suicides After Questioning by Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 6

PHILADELPHIA, Monday.--A week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation questioned Gustav Spahn, a German, about his "suspicious…

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German Suicides After Questioning by Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 6

PHILADELPHIA, Monday.--A week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation questioned Gustav Spahn, a German, about his "suspicious…

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